to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
electronic information; electronic data; electronics and information
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
directionality; directivity
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to go wrong; to turn for the worse
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
powerful person; influential person
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
senior high school; high school
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
recorded in history; historical
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
writing; composition; essay; sentence
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter